Sunday, February 24, 2013

Reddums - secure in his masculinity

Let's get the important stuff out of the way. Red ended up wearing a pink plaid blanket this weekend.

Only Feerless War Ponies can rock this look.

If you know me even a little, you'll know that I absolutely abhor pink. Passionately. I'm fairly sure I haven't owned a pink clothing item since I was about 8 years old (and Mom? Those pink outfits when I was really little? We need to talk.) There is no pink anywhere in my house - in fact the very first thing to go was the Pepto-Bismol pink tile bathroom. So for any horse of mine to be wearing something pink... well you KNOW there had to be extenuating circumstances.

Let me 'splain.

Saturday morning we headed up to jousting practice with some friends of ours. We've got a big demo mid-March, so we wanted to get as much ride time in as possible. Red doesn't joust anymore, but I'm riding him in the mounted combat part of the demo.

Yep, you heard right. I'm armoring up and we're going to go whack people with swords. All in the name of charity - the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, to be exact.

You see, combat is totally Red's thang. He is absolutely not afraid of any horse out there, and he knows that his rider is going to smack the other riders. He's also super-maneuverable, spins on a dime, and can dart in and out at a moment's notice. He LOVES this game.

Objects in photo are much fiercer than they appear.

The team of combatants. Hubby is second from the right, Red and I are third from the right.

Alas, I don't have any pics of Red doing mounted combat, but here is a pic of hubby and Oberon doing some jousting practice. Go Oberon GO!

I also worked with Oberon in mounted combat. That's me on the left.

 And at the end of the day, Red handily doubles as a lawn mower. How much talent does this guy have?

Between the jousting practice for hubby and the combat practice for everyone, Saturday was a long day. We also decided to fit in another practice first thing Sunday morning, so we ended up leaving the boys at our friend's house Saturday night. It was in the 30s, I hadn't brought blankets for the boys, and Red grows almost no coat. DA very kindly loaned Red the pink plaid blanket, since it was the only thing that fit him.

It's a good thing that Red's so studly and all. I mean, not every gelding can pull off pink plaid.

10 comments:

  1. Cuna would shoot me. With an actual gun. Haha.

    The mounted combat thing looks fun. Take a video?

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    1. Cuna's a good sport. He'd probably just rip the blanket to shreds. ;)

      We do actually have video of mounted combat, but there are lots of other people in it and I don't post anything of someone I don't have permission to post. Hopefully there will be something more public in the near future and I'll post that. Just imagine a bunch of crazy people in armor on horseback trying to hit each other with padded sticks. That about covers it!

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  2. Wish I had visited your blog back when I still had Tsp! He would have been so good at jousting, and I've always thought it would be super fun. Didn't realize anyone near Austin was into it, way cool!

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    1. Lauren, we have another practice this weekend if you're interested in coming to watch, and we'll be at Pin Oak as well. Drop me a line at jen jobst at gmail dot com!

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  3. I love tough, small horses. I bet Red knows exactly what to do and when in those combat games. He must be a fun one to ride.

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    1. He's definitely an attack pony and totally "gets" the game!

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    1. Does that mean that Ozzy is also a Feerless War Pony?

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  5. Well of course Reddums can rock pink!
    The jousting and combat must be fun. You guys look fierce!

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    1. I don't joust anymore as the armor and lances are quite heavy. Combat is a blast if you have the right horse and good skill with weapons handling. My hubby is pretty much unbeatable on Reddums !

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